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what is their plan for the deficit? nothing. what is their plan for reform? nothing. that is what i'm in change requires. long-term investments like high-speed rail and nuclear power and fixing our economy. that is what this government is doing. all he does is get up and deliver a lot of hot air. >> can i ask my friend with a public concern at work on whether he can get advice on the whistleblowing work? say whether he could bring together recommendations and how to stop people being persecuted and others. >> i'm grateful for my friend's question. the public interest disclosure act protects most workers from being unfairly dismissed by their employers when they have blown the whistle. we have strengthened protections. especially in large organizations. i am very happy to make sure that he discusses with the relevant government ministers any further steps been taken in this direction. >> does the prime minister get the depth of the hurt among victims' families and the deep sense of public outrage across the country as a result of the outcome of the downey case? he need
what is their plan for the deficit? nothing. what is their plan for reform? nothing. that is what i'm in change requires. long-term investments like high-speed rail and nuclear power and fixing our economy. that is what this government is doing. all he does is get up and deliver a lot of hot air. >> can i ask my friend with a public concern at work on whether he can get advice on the whistleblowing work? say whether he could bring together recommendations and how to stop people being...
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deficits in the national flood insurance program. they are undoing the work to providing relief. the house will take up an energy bill -- one which will restrict the epa's regulation of carbon emissions by coal-fired plants. this is a big priority of utilities. it would require any limits for new plants to be based on existing technology. that is -- it will be a theme this week. there will be several energy bills, just like there was a theme last week about excessive regulation. >> adriel bettelheim, we thank you for the lookahead. as always sir, thank you for your time. >> my pleasure, sir. >> on the next washington journal, national review columnist talks about us -- joins us to talk about the tea party. followed by randi weingarten. we are joined with daniel in the council of foreign relations. washington journal is live at 7:00 a.m. eastern. >> is this a technique you hope will prove fruitful? reagan hadour of less to do with the hollywood roots per se. ofwasn't the climber hollywood exactly. it had to do with the skills and grac
deficits in the national flood insurance program. they are undoing the work to providing relief. the house will take up an energy bill -- one which will restrict the epa's regulation of carbon emissions by coal-fired plants. this is a big priority of utilities. it would require any limits for new plants to be based on existing technology. that is -- it will be a theme this week. there will be several energy bills, just like there was a theme last week about excessive regulation. >> adriel...
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areas that came about because of legislation that the congress passed last year to address the chronic deficits in the national flood insurance program. they are sort of undoing their work to provide some relief. on the energy bill, the house is going to be taking up among other things a measure that would restrict the epa's restriction of carbon emissions by coal powered power plants. this is a big change in utilities. it would require any epa carbon solution limits to be based on existing technology. it is going to be a theme this week. there'll be several energy bills, just like there was a theme this last week about .xcessive regulation >> atrial bettelheim with cq roll call, we think you for your look ahead. as always, sir, thanks for your time. >> my pleasure. thanks. told both ase students and as a nation in terms of popular imagination is that there are all kinds of citizens and marches and demonstrations that occur. but they are really done by these famous, iconic people. basically, rosa parks, who was just so tired that she refused to get up from the bus in montgomery, alabama, and sp
areas that came about because of legislation that the congress passed last year to address the chronic deficits in the national flood insurance program. they are sort of undoing their work to provide some relief. on the energy bill, the house is going to be taking up among other things a measure that would restrict the epa's restriction of carbon emissions by coal powered power plants. this is a big change in utilities. it would require any epa carbon solution limits to be based on existing...
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some of those loopholes as a part of a compromise approach dealing with our media and the long-term deficit challenge is. so yes the president will talk about why it's so important for democrats to advance an agenda that is focused on expanding opportunities for all. and as he has and i have as well it is certainly worth noting in the contrast, and he will again tonight with an agenda that is focused on protecting the loopholes and prerogatives of the wealthiest and the well-connected and again from expanding or protecting the opportunity for a few. >> it sounds like a campaign. when you say opportunit see oppa few yesterday you were saying the chairman proposal has had some good potential to it. >> and they rallied around it. >> the president met earlier this weekend talked about immigration reform. >> obviously the president, like all republican leaders including those running for office themselves, is engaging in political events and he will be supportive in many ways a democrat either running for the reelection or office in this cycle. in the meantime that he is principally focused on a
some of those loopholes as a part of a compromise approach dealing with our media and the long-term deficit challenge is. so yes the president will talk about why it's so important for democrats to advance an agenda that is focused on expanding opportunities for all. and as he has and i have as well it is certainly worth noting in the contrast, and he will again tonight with an agenda that is focused on protecting the loopholes and prerogatives of the wealthiest and the well-connected and again...
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here we see a budget deficit falling sharply. i'll pick on the cbo since everybody picks on the cbo. i thought their receipt estimates for next two or three years were a little stingy, but no matter how you slice it the deficit as percentage of gdp is headed below 3% in the next year or two. you see all this good news. yet no one in this city wants to acknowledge it or take credit for it. it is damnest thing i ever have seen. let me fin wish a comment on three sources in this city that seem unwilling to acknowledge the fact that things have gotten better. you have to ask the question, could this be a self-fulfilling prophecy? first and foremost, not surprisingly is the media. i have some friend here in the press but media feels you can sell more newspapers and get better ratings when you talk about the negative. during the holidays, my blood pressure spiked about 20 points. i saw two stories talking about the recession as if it were still underway. well, for christ's sake the recession ended in june of 09 yet you still hear in th
here we see a budget deficit falling sharply. i'll pick on the cbo since everybody picks on the cbo. i thought their receipt estimates for next two or three years were a little stingy, but no matter how you slice it the deficit as percentage of gdp is headed below 3% in the next year or two. you see all this good news. yet no one in this city wants to acknowledge it or take credit for it. it is damnest thing i ever have seen. let me fin wish a comment on three sources in this city that seem...
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it is deficit neutral. supporting what the president said in the state of the union, there is a series of programs to create jobs. it lays out $302 billion infrastructure proposal that is paid for with pro-growth tax. it strengthens the manufacture base and supports groundbreaking research to fight disease, protect the environment and develop new technology. it enhances the administration's management efforts to deliver a government that is more efficient and supportive of economic growth. and it will expand opportunity for all-americans. it doubles the maximum value of the earned income tax credit to encourage people to enter the workforce. and makes high quality preschool available to every four year old. and drive workforce training. it will focus on the primary drivers of long term debt and deficits. it builds on the forms of the affordable care act and continues to slow health care cost growth while improving the quality. it will curb tax breaks that benefit the wealthiest. it calls for pro-growth immi
it is deficit neutral. supporting what the president said in the state of the union, there is a series of programs to create jobs. it lays out $302 billion infrastructure proposal that is paid for with pro-growth tax. it strengthens the manufacture base and supports groundbreaking research to fight disease, protect the environment and develop new technology. it enhances the administration's management efforts to deliver a government that is more efficient and supportive of economic growth. and...
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everything that we vote on, annually as a congress, eliminate all that, we would still be running a deficit of a half trillion dollars a year. the real problem, the, i was going to say elephant, but i'm saying the big animal in the room, gorilla in the room that, that everybody's avoiding is the mandatory spending. and unless we address that, we're just going to keep digging ourselves further and further in the hole. and that is the real problem. and we're trying to, like i say, solve it on the backs of our military. can't be done. >> excuse me. what are your priorities for marking up the fiscal year 2015 defense authorization bill? >> getting it done by october 1st. that is by main, and you're going to hear, that is all i'm going to be talking about between here and october because i'm really concerned. i brought that up in the meeting with the big eight and secretary and general dempsey. it is incumbent upon us to get that done. last year we got the defense authorization bill done on the last day the senate was in session. or we would have missed it. now we have passed that bill every yea
everything that we vote on, annually as a congress, eliminate all that, we would still be running a deficit of a half trillion dollars a year. the real problem, the, i was going to say elephant, but i'm saying the big animal in the room, gorilla in the room that, that everybody's avoiding is the mandatory spending. and unless we address that, we're just going to keep digging ourselves further and further in the hole. and that is the real problem. and we're trying to, like i say, solve it on the...
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he also underscores a pressure has faded to launch bold, new attacks on federal deficits. the president's fiscal blueprint expected to include proposals to upgrade aging highways and railroads, finance more prekindergarten programs and enhanced job training. the white house said it would also enlarge the current income tax credit to cover 13.5 million low aren't workers without children, expand the childcare tax credit for some parents, and make it easier for workers to contribute to individual retirement accounts. >> president obama will talk about his budget proposal to an elementary school here in washington, d.c. we'll bring you his remarks live at 11:30 eastern on our companion network c-span and we invite you to weigh in on your thoughts on the president's proposal at facebook and twitter using #cspanchat. later the white house budget office will hold a briefing with budget director sylvia mathews burwell and policy advisers. live at 12:45 p.m. eastern also on c-span. here on c-span2 we will go live to the heritage foundation for discussion of the future of ukraine.
he also underscores a pressure has faded to launch bold, new attacks on federal deficits. the president's fiscal blueprint expected to include proposals to upgrade aging highways and railroads, finance more prekindergarten programs and enhanced job training. the white house said it would also enlarge the current income tax credit to cover 13.5 million low aren't workers without children, expand the childcare tax credit for some parents, and make it easier for workers to contribute to individual...
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, increasing the deficit. so let me say a word about this. unlike many expenditures, including the wars in iraq and afghanistan, the truth is that this bill will not add one penny to the deficit. and let me repeat, this bill will not add one penny to the deficit. the congressional budget office, the nonpartisan scorekeeper, has estimated that mandatory spending in this legislation will total $2.88 billion over the next decade. all of this mandatory spending is completely offset, not by the overseas contingency operations or o.c.o., but through more than $4.2 billion in actual savings from programs within the jurisdiction of the senate veterans' affairs committee. as a result, c.b.o. has determined that overall mandatory spending -- mandatory spending in this bill will be reduced, will be reduced, by more than $1.3 billion. in addie mandatory spending, this bill authorizes $18.3 billion in discretionary spending over the next five years to improve the lives of our nation's veterans and their families. mr. presi
, increasing the deficit. so let me say a word about this. unlike many expenditures, including the wars in iraq and afghanistan, the truth is that this bill will not add one penny to the deficit. and let me repeat, this bill will not add one penny to the deficit. the congressional budget office, the nonpartisan scorekeeper, has estimated that mandatory spending in this legislation will total $2.88 billion over the next decade. all of this mandatory spending is completely offset, not by the...
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their plan called for the deficit $819 billion in 2013. what was the deficit for 2013? >> $680 billion. >> well, that is much less than what simpson bowles projected sit not? >> it is. >> so last year, 2013, president obama exceeded the deficit reduction goal of simpson bowles of $139 billion. am i correct? >> yes, sir. >> yes, sir i would have to look at what numbers they have at what years. >> do you know what the number will be? >> it is 2016 and it will be 531. gee have to look at these numbers. give the president and this administration some credit. i have been pretty tough on them. give them some cd. they did something else. they did something that bass wa positionti positive. but you are never going to give any credit to anybody except the pat on the back at the christmas party. superintendant th isn't that wonderful? >> does this plan raise the age for social security? >> no, sir. >> does it change the measure of inflation for social security? >> so this administration has managed to reduce the deficit in 2013 below bowles simpson to social security. >> so now w
their plan called for the deficit $819 billion in 2013. what was the deficit for 2013? >> $680 billion. >> well, that is much less than what simpson bowles projected sit not? >> it is. >> so last year, 2013, president obama exceeded the deficit reduction goal of simpson bowles of $139 billion. am i correct? >> yes, sir. >> yes, sir i would have to look at what numbers they have at what years. >> do you know what the number will be? >> it is 2016...
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and one secondly we can have large amounts of government spending government deficits which we have to some extent but not big enough the third way is to get the trade deficit down which strikes me is the best the most rational path to go unfortunately there doesn't seem that much interest in that either in policy circles but that's the my view how we get you know aggregate demand back up and hopefully would see wage growth again dean talk to me about this how what about trade how would that work we will start with trade when we have a deficit around five hundred billion that means that money being generated here it's spent overseas china mexico wherever it might be not creating demand here so it creates a big hole in the manner how do you feel that the best way to correct the trade deficit is get the dollar down because the dollar is what determines relative prices if the dollar falls by twenty percent other things equal all these foreign goods cost us twenty percent more that means we'll buy domestic goods rather than foreign goods people will hate hearing out there well we've done t
and one secondly we can have large amounts of government spending government deficits which we have to some extent but not big enough the third way is to get the trade deficit down which strikes me is the best the most rational path to go unfortunately there doesn't seem that much interest in that either in policy circles but that's the my view how we get you know aggregate demand back up and hopefully would see wage growth again dean talk to me about this how what about trade how would that...
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it has run up record number of deficits. you are doing the opposite and having the opposite results. the revenue ratios are the same as the clinton administration's. >> he was reducing spending. swroo we are -- >> discretionary. >> yeah. >> we are talking about the entire budget which brings me to the final question. you propose no reforms. i'm curious how you plan on doing that? >> the trillion dollars that occurs has been implementation. >> we have to keep this thing runs. miss lee. >> thank you very much. i apologized. i had another meeting. things got dhchanged around. i tonight believe anyone has asked you yet about the oversass account. i believe this is a so called police station holder at this point. >> there are strategies as it relates to the draw down in afghanistan. i'm very concerned that the oco has become a slush fund of wasteful spending. the pentagon reserved money even though most troops are coming home. even though congress appropriated a total for war costs in oco, when are we going to be able to finally
it has run up record number of deficits. you are doing the opposite and having the opposite results. the revenue ratios are the same as the clinton administration's. >> he was reducing spending. swroo we are -- >> discretionary. >> yeah. >> we are talking about the entire budget which brings me to the final question. you propose no reforms. i'm curious how you plan on doing that? >> the trillion dollars that occurs has been implementation. >> we have to keep...
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in other words, there was a slight decrease in the deficit. you would hope there would be a significant one. but the only reason there was was because he had a provision in there about a more accurate measure of inflation under the cpi and social security. we now hear that he's actually going to take that out of the budget at a time when social security has a $63 billion shortfall every year, at a time again when we're told by this nonpart sap congressional budget office things are getting worse, not better. so if he takes that out as apparently he'll do businessed on the leaks because it's partisan political year, he's not going to have any can he have deficit reduction. so if that is true, boy, again, this is not responsible.he have deficit reduction. so if that is true, boy, again, this is not responsible. this is not responsive to what is really happening. >> let me bring in congressman van hollen. what we're talking about by far the biggest part of the budget and that is entitlements. last year as part of the budget, the president include
in other words, there was a slight decrease in the deficit. you would hope there would be a significant one. but the only reason there was was because he had a provision in there about a more accurate measure of inflation under the cpi and social security. we now hear that he's actually going to take that out of the budget at a time when social security has a $63 billion shortfall every year, at a time again when we're told by this nonpart sap congressional budget office things are getting...
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if you can run a deficit to go to war, you can run a deficit to take care of the people who fought in it. joining me is the chair of the senate committee on affairs, the senator from vermont. they said the multi-billion dollar bills face to make necessary reforms. what do you say to that? >> i say they're dead wrong and so does virtually every veterans organization in the country representing millions of veterans. chris, what i have learned since i've been chairman of the veterans committee is the cost of war is much deeper and more significant than i think most people know. we're talking about hundreds of thousands of young men and women coming back from iraq and afghanistan with ptsd and tbi. we're talking about 2,300 of you're soldiers who suffered wounds so that they're unable too have babies. we're talking in terms of older veterans, you have women, wives staying home taking care of disabled vets, 24 hours a day, seven days a week who get virtually no kinds of support from the federal government. you're talking about young people who were promised a college education after they l
if you can run a deficit to go to war, you can run a deficit to take care of the people who fought in it. joining me is the chair of the senate committee on affairs, the senator from vermont. they said the multi-billion dollar bills face to make necessary reforms. what do you say to that? >> i say they're dead wrong and so does virtually every veterans organization in the country representing millions of veterans. chris, what i have learned since i've been chairman of the veterans...
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let's start with the incredible deficit and the size of government. >> we have a tax problem and a spendi problem. and it basically came to a grounding al. lou: what are you going to do about lois lerr? dirty have the attorney general in contempt. what are you going to do a former senior irs offcial? he's basically told you guys to buzz off. i have a bill, hrr 1950 that iminalizes this action. lou: retroactively? >> the questio is what are you going to do about lois lerner who has told you guys to buzz off. >> we are going to make certain that there are two aspects of the story are told. hold people accountable and find out who did this. and you move forward with the legislation that holds people accountable if it haapens again. and i think the american people are shocked at what has occurred at the irs that the administration is doing nothing and we are going to work diligentlto hold these people accountable to make re this doesn't happen again. lou: no one is a bbgger fan of darrell issa than i am. and i think you know that. you and your committee have done brilliant work. i do think th
let's start with the incredible deficit and the size of government. >> we have a tax problem and a spendi problem. and it basically came to a grounding al. lou: what are you going to do about lois lerr? dirty have the attorney general in contempt. what are you going to do a former senior irs offcial? he's basically told you guys to buzz off. i have a bill, hrr 1950 that iminalizes this action. lou: retroactively? >> the questio is what are you going to do about lois lerner who has...
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deficit --cting a last year's deficit was $680 billion. that was the first time in four years it was under a trillion. this year's deficit he rejects -- he projects it will be six or $49 billion and dropped to $564 billion. it does not deal with social security, medicare, medicaid programs that are growing me fastest. -- growing the fastest. the chained cpi reduction which year, on the table last something republicans have supported, he offered it only if republicans would agree to increase taxes on the wealthy. it is part of the grand bargain that washington has talked about for years. republicans do not want to go there. from thatled back issue. -- chairmanans have ryan has gone farther in the entitlement area, but it is ,ifficult for the president with his democratic base so type ofto any entitlement reform, unless they see higher taxes on the wealthy. we are in a standoff. spending? about what does he want to spend money on to try to grow the economy? package -- hes a has called it the opportunity growth and security fund. it would hit
deficit --cting a last year's deficit was $680 billion. that was the first time in four years it was under a trillion. this year's deficit he rejects -- he projects it will be six or $49 billion and dropped to $564 billion. it does not deal with social security, medicare, medicaid programs that are growing me fastest. -- growing the fastest. the chained cpi reduction which year, on the table last something republicans have supported, he offered it only if republicans would agree to increase...
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as a result, obviously the deficit is a lot better with deficit reduction, which is what we're showing in our budget, than if you didn't have deficit reduction, which is what a budget baseline would show. there's some other technical differences between our outyear forecast. they're mostly on the revenue side, though, not on the spending side. both of them include a.c.a. because it's the law of the and. >> this is for anyone. tax provisions vary from current law like maybe the certain expired tax provisions or extenders? >> well, obviously we have a set of proposals in there, so one of the places where -- that's in our -- assumed in our budget is that in the 2010 and 2012 budgets, the president extended his increases for the refundability in the child tax credit. the increases in the earned income tax credit for three children or more and the marriage penalty and one of the president's innovation and earned income tax credit was that a portion of that was also refundable. in the budget agreement those were extended for another five years through 2017. we would assume that those are ext
as a result, obviously the deficit is a lot better with deficit reduction, which is what we're showing in our budget, than if you didn't have deficit reduction, which is what a budget baseline would show. there's some other technical differences between our outyear forecast. they're mostly on the revenue side, though, not on the spending side. both of them include a.c.a. because it's the law of the and. >> this is for anyone. tax provisions vary from current law like maybe the certain...
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let's start with the incredible deficit and the size of government. >> we have a tax problem and a spending problem. and it basically came to a grounding all. lou: what are you going to do about lois lerner? dirty have the attorney general in contempt. what are you going to do a former senior irs official? he's basically told you guys to buzz off. i have a bill, hr 1950 that criminalizes this action. lou: retroactively? >> the question is what are you going to do about lois lerner who has told you guys to buzz off. >> we are going to make certain that there are two aspects of the story are told. hold people accountable and find out who did this. and you move forward with the legislation that holds people accountable if it haapens again. and i think the american people are shocked at what has occurred at the irs that the administration is doing nothing and we are going to work diligently to hold these people accountable to make sure this doesn't happen again. lou: no one is a bbgger fan of darrell issa than i am. and i think you know that. you and your committee have done brilliant work. i d
let's start with the incredible deficit and the size of government. >> we have a tax problem and a spending problem. and it basically came to a grounding all. lou: what are you going to do about lois lerner? dirty have the attorney general in contempt. what are you going to do a former senior irs official? he's basically told you guys to buzz off. i have a bill, hr 1950 that criminalizes this action. lou: retroactively? >> the question is what are you going to do about lois lerner...
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they say, gee, we have a terrible deficit. we're going to have to cut social security, medicare, medicaid, education, environmental protection. the needs of the kids' nutrition programs because of this deficit. so if you are asking me, do i this i that same set of policies will play out? more money for defense, then rising deficits and then cutbacks on programs that middle class and working families need? absolutely, that is what will happen. >> what is going to happen to these veterans, now, senator, if they're not going to get this kind of funding. there are a lot of veterans in this country that are being undercut, that are not being -- our obligation, we are not living up to our obligations because of war and budget cuts. so what does that say to the next generation thinking of a career in the military? >> that's a very important point. it says if we cannot keep faith with those people really hurting as a result of service to this country, i think you will have a lot of young people out there saying do i really want to mak
they say, gee, we have a terrible deficit. we're going to have to cut social security, medicare, medicaid, education, environmental protection. the needs of the kids' nutrition programs because of this deficit. so if you are asking me, do i this i that same set of policies will play out? more money for defense, then rising deficits and then cutbacks on programs that middle class and working families need? absolutely, that is what will happen. >> what is going to happen to these veterans,...
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at a time when our deficits are falling at the fastest rate in 60 years, we have to decide if we are going to keep squeezing the middle class or if we're going to continue to reduce the deficits responsibly, while taking steps to grow and strengthen the middle class. the american people have made clear time and again which approach they prefer. that is the approach my budget offers. that is why i am going to fight for it this year and in the years to come as president. thank you very much, everybody. michael? >> do you have any response to president putin's press conference this morning? is chancellor merkel right that he has lost touch with reality? have you spoken to him personally? >> i have not spoken to him since i spoke to him this past weekend. but obviously, me and my national security team have been watching events unfolding in ukraine very closely. i met with them again today. as many of you know, john kerry is in kiev as we speak, at my direction. he's expressing our full support for the ukrainian people. over the past several weeks, we've been working with our partners an
at a time when our deficits are falling at the fastest rate in 60 years, we have to decide if we are going to keep squeezing the middle class or if we're going to continue to reduce the deficits responsibly, while taking steps to grow and strengthen the middle class. the american people have made clear time and again which approach they prefer. that is the approach my budget offers. that is why i am going to fight for it this year and in the years to come as president. thank you very much,...
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while we've done a lot of deficit reduction, we've done it in the wrong way. we've focused on, i think, inadvertently through congress not being able to pick our policies on short-term measures that came out of the budget, which isn't where the problem is. what we should be doing is trying to replace those savings that came from the sequester that aren't as useful or long-term with more permanent and structural changes to entitlement programs and the tax code. that would be the best to do for the economy. >> let me ask you quickly before we go, because i think there is this growing consensus and you said you think there can be more that is done on that. give us a sense of where you think that can happen. >> well, i think there's different ways you have to look at income inequality, which is how people are making their money and what's happening after the government's involved, so one of the issues we have to look at is how to have more training, more education, more high skilled workers earning higher wages to begin with, so it's not just things like eitc and
while we've done a lot of deficit reduction, we've done it in the wrong way. we've focused on, i think, inadvertently through congress not being able to pick our policies on short-term measures that came out of the budget, which isn't where the problem is. what we should be doing is trying to replace those savings that came from the sequester that aren't as useful or long-term with more permanent and structural changes to entitlement programs and the tax code. that would be the best to do for...
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which started prior to enlistment and seem to be common in the rest of the population, are attention deficit disorder, which is vo common, and intermittent explosive disorder, which you mentioned, uncontrol abattacks of anger and exploding, and they were not more suicidal prior to entering the army, and they were not more anxious or more depressed. as a matter of fact, in terms of anxiety, you might imagine that the teenager who is a fearful kid is not going to be the kind of person who joins the army. people who joined the army were more self-confident, more risk takers, competed, adventure seeking, and less anxious than other people. so the kinds of things that were there in abundance, compared to the population, had to do with impulsivity, anger, and some bit of anti-social behavior. >> the rate of impulse of anger, according to the study, was five times higher among soldiers than civilians. is that a marker for predisposition for problems down the road? >> well, it is. and we don't think of anger as being something that's associated with suicide. we more typically think of the common min
which started prior to enlistment and seem to be common in the rest of the population, are attention deficit disorder, which is vo common, and intermittent explosive disorder, which you mentioned, uncontrol abattacks of anger and exploding, and they were not more suicidal prior to entering the army, and they were not more anxious or more depressed. as a matter of fact, in terms of anxiety, you might imagine that the teenager who is a fearful kid is not going to be the kind of person who joins...
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the deficit because it's not about the deficit it was never about the deficit it's ideological it's about undoing the new deal exactly and do doing any progressive games and until they achieve those ends you'll keep hearing the deficit hawks come up and use that as an excuse for that yeah hopefully hopefully people will realize now that the deficit stuff is just a nonsense to be good enough to be a myth. all right more of tonight's big picture politics panel right after the break. to. see. if. we welcome aaron eight and abby martin to be terrific hosts on the our team network . it's going to give you a different perspective give me one stock tip i'll never i'll give you the information you make the decision don't worry about it i'll bring you the sub work of the mind it's a revolution of ideas and consciousness. with the system extremely all if you would be described as angry i think in a strong. single. live . live. live . live. in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want. welcome back with me for tonight's big picture politics panel are sam sax and ben cohen guys let's g
the deficit because it's not about the deficit it was never about the deficit it's ideological it's about undoing the new deal exactly and do doing any progressive games and until they achieve those ends you'll keep hearing the deficit hawks come up and use that as an excuse for that yeah hopefully hopefully people will realize now that the deficit stuff is just a nonsense to be good enough to be a myth. all right more of tonight's big picture politics panel right after the break. to. see. if....
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what is their plan for the deficit? nothing. plan for welfare reform? nothing. plan for long-term investment? because that is what climate change requires. long-term investment like high-speed rail, long-term investment like nuclear power. long term investment like fixing our economy. that is what this government is doing. all he does is get up and deliver a lot of hot air. [shouting] >> number three. >> can ask my right honorable friend, public concern at work with you to get advice from the whistleblowing commission report -- tim mckenzie with you to bring together people in government who could consider the recommendations and how we can stop people like dr. kim hold being persecuted, and others which i won't mention now? >> i'm grateful for my honorable friends question. as he knows the public interest disclosure act of 1980 protection to most workers are being unfairly dismissed by their employer when they reported a matter of concern when you blow the whistle. we've strengthened the protections for the enterprise and regulatory reform act 2013 but we will
what is their plan for the deficit? nothing. plan for welfare reform? nothing. plan for long-term investment? because that is what climate change requires. long-term investment like high-speed rail, long-term investment like nuclear power. long term investment like fixing our economy. that is what this government is doing. all he does is get up and deliver a lot of hot air. [shouting] >> number three. >> can ask my right honorable friend, public concern at work with you to get...
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instead of reducing the deficit, securing our borders and gives farms the workers they need, republicans say, let's bury the government in red tape, increasing the paperwork for agencies by six time -- six times and give government handouts to farmers. that's republican policies we're seing in this congress and that's why the american in le hold this institution great disapproval. the longer we delay in passing comprehensive immigration reform, the greater the cost of inaction becomes. according to the congressional budget office's nonpartisan analysis, passing immigration reform would increase our grose domestic product by 3.3%, raise wages by $470 billion for american citizens, and create an average of 121,000 jobs for americans each year. over the next decade. so rather than create jobs for federal bureaucrats, having to deal with six times as much paperwork, let's create jobs in the private sector, mr. speaker. let's pass immigration reform to ensure that american companies can compete in the increasingly complex global marketplace. if we have the ability, mr. speaker, to bring a bil
instead of reducing the deficit, securing our borders and gives farms the workers they need, republicans say, let's bury the government in red tape, increasing the paperwork for agencies by six time -- six times and give government handouts to farmers. that's republican policies we're seing in this congress and that's why the american in le hold this institution great disapproval. the longer we delay in passing comprehensive immigration reform, the greater the cost of inaction becomes....
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at a time when our deficits are falling at the fastest rate in 60 years we have to decide if we're going to keep squeezing the middle class or reduce deficits responsibly while taking steps to grow the middle class. >> that was president obama outlining his $4 trillion budget for 2015 setting the stage for another budget fight. it calls for growing are the tax expansion. the president says he's paying for all of this by closing loopholes, one of which is wall street's favorite loophole which allows hedge fund managers to count their investments as income instead of capital gains. many think it faces a long road because of republicans in the house. to walk us through the budget battle, jimmy williams, an opinion writer for u.s. news.com and an msnbc contributor. how are you? >> how are you, hello. >> i want to start with one of the more important things which is that child care tax credit. this is big for people. when you look at the numbers from the white house, you're talking about well over 1.5 million people effected, $600 for a lot of folks with children under five years old. my view
at a time when our deficits are falling at the fastest rate in 60 years we have to decide if we're going to keep squeezing the middle class or reduce deficits responsibly while taking steps to grow the middle class. >> that was president obama outlining his $4 trillion budget for 2015 setting the stage for another budget fight. it calls for growing are the tax expansion. the president says he's paying for all of this by closing loopholes, one of which is wall street's favorite loophole...
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the is nothing moral about running up huge deficits about out of control welfare bills. we do not do with these problems, the whole country will be poorer. we should listen to the former arch bishop of canterbury. he said the churches should be aware of the dangers of blindly defending a gargantuan welfare budget that every serious alliteration would cut as a matter of economic common sense. i think serious politicians have to engage in it and that should go for everybody. i join my honorable friend's and congratulate the team on their brilliant performance at the winter olympics. as immediate threat of flood passes, some levels are still underwater and hundreds of businesses and farms are still struggling to recover. the committee on climate change, the u.k. statistical authority have all said the government investment in flood defenses -- in the likes of this, does the prime minister think it is right to revisit the plan for investment in flood defense? >> we will look carefully at the plans. we have set out spending figures all the way out through 2020, not all of whi
the is nothing moral about running up huge deficits about out of control welfare bills. we do not do with these problems, the whole country will be poorer. we should listen to the former arch bishop of canterbury. he said the churches should be aware of the dangers of blindly defending a gargantuan welfare budget that every serious alliteration would cut as a matter of economic common sense. i think serious politicians have to engage in it and that should go for everybody. i join my honorable...
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. >> defense is going down because the defect -- deficit. >> what you are asking for is very reasonable in terms of this and 56nal $26 billion billion dollars overall for defense and nondefense. forill be given the pay from the administration the next few weeks. many of us have them that are perfectly reasonable. we pay for what we need to do as a country including closing some of these loopholes which are egregious. these offshore tax loopholes, that allow the most profitable corporations in the world to avoid paying taxes by shifting their intellectual property to tax havens. the loopholes that allow the hedge fund managers to be paying half of the tax rate that people who work for them pay. there are some unjustified tax loopholes in this tax code which we should close even if we had no deficit. given the fact we have real needs including security needs, which we much fun -- must fund adequately, there are places we can fund it. $26 billion for defense and 56 billion dollars overall so i hope we take the leap the administration has given us on this budget and fund the full 56 billion
. >> defense is going down because the defect -- deficit. >> what you are asking for is very reasonable in terms of this and 56nal $26 billion billion dollars overall for defense and nondefense. forill be given the pay from the administration the next few weeks. many of us have them that are perfectly reasonable. we pay for what we need to do as a country including closing some of these loopholes which are egregious. these offshore tax loopholes, that allow the most profitable...
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unfortunately for the president, it's that word "credible" where he has a real deficit. he let putin bring him down the garden path on syria, a country that was supposed to have given up all its kemic am weapons by february but has only given up 11% of them. what accountability have we heard demanded by the president. whether it's ukraine, china, syria, where wherever we see him, he just doesn't have what it takes to be taken seriously by foreign leaders. >> is he credible? what do you think? >> i think he's more than credible. for example, if you go back and look at 208 when russia went into georgia, we did nothing. that was at the height of our involvement in iraq and afghanistan. he's got the international community to put sanctions. these aren't going to be the treasury. these have to be international sanctions. nobody, even the harshest critic, wants to put boots on the ground. >> let me give you an example of why i think the credibility thing is a little bit tricky. look at what the president said at one point today. it's remarkable. >> one thing right away is to w
unfortunately for the president, it's that word "credible" where he has a real deficit. he let putin bring him down the garden path on syria, a country that was supposed to have given up all its kemic am weapons by february but has only given up 11% of them. what accountability have we heard demanded by the president. whether it's ukraine, china, syria, where wherever we see him, he just doesn't have what it takes to be taken seriously by foreign leaders. >> is he credible? what...
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we applaud the fact there is over $200 billion of deficit reduction in the affordable care act if we can find additional savings and replace lost revenue, we are certainly open to that discussion. i rise in celebration of having width stood 50 repeal votes. we are ready for the next 50. we use these opportunities to highlight the american people on the benefits of the affordable care act. and to say we are ready to have a real discussion with republicans to exert our legislative privilege to make changes. in the absence of that we applaud the president in using the ability that is we gave him under the act to help make sure the affordable care act truly makes health care more affordable for american families. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from colorado reserves. the gentleman from texas. mr. burgess: i yield myself two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized, two minutes. mr. burgess: mr. speaker, here's the affordable care act. the president said it's the law of the land. how does it describe the effective date for the
we applaud the fact there is over $200 billion of deficit reduction in the affordable care act if we can find additional savings and replace lost revenue, we are certainly open to that discussion. i rise in celebration of having width stood 50 repeal votes. we are ready for the next 50. we use these opportunities to highlight the american people on the benefits of the affordable care act. and to say we are ready to have a real discussion with republicans to exert our legislative privilege to...
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with respect to egypt, i think the report documents objectively and in detail persistent concerns and deficits over the course of the year in the previous government with respect to freedom of association, freedom of abusesy, security force and protections of religious minorities. we are working with the egyptian government in trying to offer engagement and support to offer civilian government and inclusive democracy in egypt. >> go ahead, steve. >> i want to ask about the human rights situation for the palestinians under occupation. issued itsernational own human rights report dedicated to the palestinians where it points to an alarming abuse of force in 2013 that resulted in the deaths of twice in 2011 and 2012 combined. we take very seriously seek information from the government of israel about these, the report on the occupied territories reports human rights violations by hamas in significant amounts and by the palestinian authority. it also notes in the case of israeli authority, documentation of excessive force and restrictions on freedom of expression and freedom of movement. i would j
with respect to egypt, i think the report documents objectively and in detail persistent concerns and deficits over the course of the year in the previous government with respect to freedom of association, freedom of abusesy, security force and protections of religious minorities. we are working with the egyptian government in trying to offer engagement and support to offer civilian government and inclusive democracy in egypt. >> go ahead, steve. >> i want to ask about the human...
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maya mcginns, a capable observer said using the war gimmick to offset other costs or count toward deficit reduction would send a message to the american public and our investors that we are not serious about controlling the debt. in fact, it would send the message that not only are we not serious, but we're going to try to trick everyone that we're actually doing something productive on the deficit. that's the hyatt of -- height of irresponsibility, close quote. myra mcginns, a director at the committee for responsible federal budget, said that last november. so we're not going to go for this. we're not going to go for this. we're not going to waive the budget in this fashion. it's not going to pass. and it should have been known beforehand when senator sanders and senator reed have sought to push this bill through that it's never going to pass. because there are enough senators in this body have enough strength of will to honor the commitment we made a few weeks ago in the ryan-murray legislation. and we're not going to use some bogus gimmick to justify busting the budget. so the deal is
maya mcginns, a capable observer said using the war gimmick to offset other costs or count toward deficit reduction would send a message to the american public and our investors that we are not serious about controlling the debt. in fact, it would send the message that not only are we not serious, but we're going to try to trick everyone that we're actually doing something productive on the deficit. that's the hyatt of -- height of irresponsibility, close quote. myra mcginns, a director at the...
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with $17 trillion in debt and massive annual deficits, our country faces a fiscal crisis of unparalleled scope. now is not the time in any federal department to spend money we don't have. to be sure, there's much to like in the sashed sanders bill and e components were presented as separate, smaller as part of a carefully considered long-term strategy to reform the v.a., hold leadership accountable and improve service to veterans, we'd have no problem expending enthusiastic support. as with many bloated legislative projects in today's washington, the overreaching and overpromising in this bill will only lead to disappointment and recriminations as the high cost and unanticipated consequences are revealed. that will be followed by demands for an entirely new round of comprehensive reforms and the cycle will begin anew. congress should go back to the drawing board, assume a more modest approach and take up these proposals on an individual basis. that's the better path to achieving enduring and effective reform and accountability for the services we provide to our veterans." so i point that
with $17 trillion in debt and massive annual deficits, our country faces a fiscal crisis of unparalleled scope. now is not the time in any federal department to spend money we don't have. to be sure, there's much to like in the sashed sanders bill and e components were presented as separate, smaller as part of a carefully considered long-term strategy to reform the v.a., hold leadership accountable and improve service to veterans, we'd have no problem expending enthusiastic support. as with...
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by taking that out, they will lose 230 billion or so in deficit reduction. already we know one of the ways will be assuming the senate passes and immigration overall. go much does that cost you these are the kinds of things we will be looking for. perhaps the least effective budgets we have seen in years because congress are it has a toplines appropriations number for this year. they are are ready holding hearings. this is entitlement overhaul out of the midterm. how is the budget actually released today, and to are the surrogates that the white house is sending to capitol hill over the next coming days to talk about the president spending plan? 11:30.we will see it at it used to be they handed out copies to the press but that has been curtailed. theave been told that historical perspective volume, usually an interesting economic here this week, will have the main budget all human independent, they will be available at 11:30 and then a noontime press conference. andell from west virginia pretty much well-liked on all sides of the aisle will be going to the h
by taking that out, they will lose 230 billion or so in deficit reduction. already we know one of the ways will be assuming the senate passes and immigration overall. go much does that cost you these are the kinds of things we will be looking for. perhaps the least effective budgets we have seen in years because congress are it has a toplines appropriations number for this year. they are are ready holding hearings. this is entitlement overhaul out of the midterm. how is the budget actually...
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while we have made some progress against the deficit, we have done so not by making these structural reforms to revenues and entitlement programs that would put us on a sound financial footing, but by continuing cuts to the funding that the department of defense and other federal programs need to meet important national priorities. this shortfall requires painful trade-offs and just about every area of the department of defense budget. for instance, the budget proposes significantly lower and strengths for the ground forces including a further reduction of army and active duty strengths with smaller reductions in the guardian reserve. the budget restricts the pay raise for service members below the rate of inflation, freezes pay for general and flag -- freezes pays for general and flag officers, begins a phase reduction in the growth of the housing allowance that will result in service members paying five percent out-of-pocket for housing costs, reduces support to commissaries and makes significant changes to the tri-care benefit. the budget also calls for retiring the air force's a-
while we have made some progress against the deficit, we have done so not by making these structural reforms to revenues and entitlement programs that would put us on a sound financial footing, but by continuing cuts to the funding that the department of defense and other federal programs need to meet important national priorities. this shortfall requires painful trade-offs and just about every area of the department of defense budget. for instance, the budget proposes significantly lower and...
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60 years, we at the decided we're going to keep squeezing the middle class or continue to reduce the deficits responsible he -- responsibly while taking steps to grow and strengthen the middle class. the american people have made clear time and again which approach they prefer, which is the approach that my budget offers and why i'm going to fight for it this year and in the years to come as president. >> the proposed military budget for 2015 is 570 $5 billion. the pentagon is seeking an additional $79.4 billion in war funding, even though most u.s. troops are supposed to withdraw from afghanistan by the end of the year. won al giant chevron has major victory in a lawsuit it brought against victims of its pollution in the war. a group of indigenous ash indigenous plaintiffs won a landmark $9 billion judgment in 2011 for widespread contamination resulting from toxic dumping by texaco, which chevron later bought. chevron sued the victims and the the u.s.torney -- and attorney. on tuesday, u.s. district judge lewis kaplan agreed, ruling the plaintiffs used "corrupt means" and barred collection o
60 years, we at the decided we're going to keep squeezing the middle class or continue to reduce the deficits responsible he -- responsibly while taking steps to grow and strengthen the middle class. the american people have made clear time and again which approach they prefer, which is the approach that my budget offers and why i'm going to fight for it this year and in the years to come as president. >> the proposed military budget for 2015 is 570 $5 billion. the pentagon is seeking an...
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it was about $11 billion in deficit this year. the new government in kiev said the country is going to need about $35 billion over the next two years just to survive. the i.m.s. is working on a plan along with the european union and united states, saying they're going to try and help but can't do anything until there is a government in place because an official government hahas to those kind of requests and the e.u. and i.m.f. can't negotiate with anything other than official governments. they need a prim minister, a cabinet and that's all underway. it's supposed to be in place by thursday but still a long road ahead for ukraine. >> all right, jennifer glasse in ukraine, thank you very much. in our next hour, we will be taking a closer look at ukraine's former prime minister and her role in shape that go countries future. these are live images coming out of parliament in ukraine and as you can see, the tensions there still exist. also viktor yanukovych still a man on the run. >> the u.s. state department is expelling three venezue
it was about $11 billion in deficit this year. the new government in kiev said the country is going to need about $35 billion over the next two years just to survive. the i.m.s. is working on a plan along with the european union and united states, saying they're going to try and help but can't do anything until there is a government in place because an official government hahas to those kind of requests and the e.u. and i.m.f. can't negotiate with anything other than official governments. they...
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loophole, we can help create jobs and grow the economy and expand opportunity without adding a dime to the deficit. >> the president also wants to expand the earned income tax credit for the working poor without children. his budget would also expand the child and dependent care tax credit and create automatic iras to help workers save for retirement but it's unlikely those plans will get through congress. he needs legislation to enact all of that and that does not look likely. >>> global markets are rebounding today as investors digest the situation in ukraine. even the dow jones flew out of the gate this morning. alison kosik is over at the new york stock exchange. how much have we bounced back today? >> quite a bit. what a difference a day makes. even the s&p 500 at a record high. the dow up 200 points, 205 points. all 30 stocks in the dow are in the green. very different story yesterday. it was a sea of red. we also saw that turn-around happening overseas, all the way -- there were those down arrows we saw yesterday in europe, asia, russia, they all turned up today. analysts say investors toda
loophole, we can help create jobs and grow the economy and expand opportunity without adding a dime to the deficit. >> the president also wants to expand the earned income tax credit for the working poor without children. his budget would also expand the child and dependent care tax credit and create automatic iras to help workers save for retirement but it's unlikely those plans will get through congress. he needs legislation to enact all of that and that does not look likely....
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bill re-authorization that passed congress with bipartisan support , and reduces the annual budget deficits by $16. billion over 10 years. industry professionals across my home state of pennsylvania and nationally, including farmers, foresters, conservationists, researchers, and policy advocates have praised the law as an historic improvement. the federal agriculture policy that will improve land management, support key areas of economic activity, and bolster important investments in education and applied research. susan benedict, an american tree pharmacist thames certified forest owner from state college, pennsylvania, stated, and i quote, as a pennsylvania tree farmer i can happily say this farm bill was well worth the wait. with the promotion of new market opportunities and the biobased markets program and green building markets, improved access to critical conservation programs, an increased regulatory certainty when protecting water quality of my forestings rose, this farm bill is truly the best farm bill yet forests. i applaud the conference committee members for championing strong f
bill re-authorization that passed congress with bipartisan support , and reduces the annual budget deficits by $16. billion over 10 years. industry professionals across my home state of pennsylvania and nationally, including farmers, foresters, conservationists, researchers, and policy advocates have praised the law as an historic improvement. the federal agriculture policy that will improve land management, support key areas of economic activity, and bolster important investments in education...
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everything that we vote on annually as a congress, eliminate all of that, we would still be running a deficit of half of one dollar trillion each year. room,e elephant in the the big animal in the room, the gorilla in the room that everyone is avoiding is a mandatory spending. , we will address that keep digging ourselves further and further in the hole. that is the real problem and we are trying to, like i say, solve it. on the backs of the military. that can't be done. guest: you are going to hear that a lot. we are solving our problems on the back of the military. he is right, discretionary spending is a small piece of this at the end of the day, but in the broader picture there has across themade federal budget. this is a big piece of discretionary spending. i think it is about half of what we spend on discretionary spending. it is a big piece of the pie to look at. we are in a time of change for the military. this is a time when we can reevaluate put the military should be doing and how much should be spending in this nation's history. active military outside of los angeles, california,
everything that we vote on annually as a congress, eliminate all of that, we would still be running a deficit of half of one dollar trillion each year. room,e elephant in the the big animal in the room, the gorilla in the room that everyone is avoiding is a mandatory spending. , we will address that keep digging ourselves further and further in the hole. that is the real problem and we are trying to, like i say, solve it. on the backs of the military. that can't be done. guest: you are going to...
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my predecessor has always urged congress recognizing that there are substantial long-term budget deficit issues and a need for a sustainable physical path for the country to focus to the maximum extent possible on fiscal changes that would address the longer run issues that will be associated with rising debt-to-gdp ratio over decades and to try to avoid doing harm to the recovery, and i would take the same general position. >> but in the short run there is a value of additional fiscal stimulation in the economy that will complement what you're already doing and make it easier for you to withdraw the quantitative easing. is that a fair comment? >> i think the economy is beginning to recover and we have made progress. and, you know, at a minimum, i would hope that fiscal policy would do no harm. >> just one other quick question you have looked at an unemployment rate of 6.5% as a point of inflection if you will. but one of the aspects of the current employment situation is that labor force participation is falling that 6.5% might not capture the reality of the current economy and be an ad
my predecessor has always urged congress recognizing that there are substantial long-term budget deficit issues and a need for a sustainable physical path for the country to focus to the maximum extent possible on fiscal changes that would address the longer run issues that will be associated with rising debt-to-gdp ratio over decades and to try to avoid doing harm to the recovery, and i would take the same general position. >> but in the short run there is a value of additional fiscal...
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we have to make sure that as we passed legislation we are addressing the deficit and the debt. a 17.2 trillion dollar debt. we have to address that for future generations. to a caller from alaska, anchorage, alaska. patrick, republican line. you are on was senator hoven. caller: good morning. thank you for the washington journal. it is a very valuable resource for us. senator hoven, i have two questions. because of the previous caller, i wanted to clarify one point regarding private and public oil out of alaska. governor hickle saw to it that we became an owner states. much closer to that oil being private oil than it is public. the oil companies appear are telling us that the reason there is only 500,000 barrels a day going down the pipe is because structure and royalty . they say this to hide. last year we voted -- they say it is too high. last year we voted to reduce it by $2 billion a year. we will see if that makes a difference in the amount of oil going down that pipe. the questions i have are relevant to the keystone pipeline. the first one is, who owns the railroad that
we have to make sure that as we passed legislation we are addressing the deficit and the debt. a 17.2 trillion dollar debt. we have to address that for future generations. to a caller from alaska, anchorage, alaska. patrick, republican line. you are on was senator hoven. caller: good morning. thank you for the washington journal. it is a very valuable resource for us. senator hoven, i have two questions. because of the previous caller, i wanted to clarify one point regarding private and public...
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ukraine now this was under the condition that ukraine enact austerity measures to reduce its budget deficit and reduce natural gas subsidies but in two thousand and eleven the i.m.f. froze this deal when key have failed to implement the required conditions what's more is the i.m.f. deal isn't ready cash some four billion dollars from the i.m.f. would come over the next several years in the form of loan and development grants while levin billion would come in the form of financing for infrastructure and development projects by european financial institutions but the real question is will this deal give ukraine the cash that it needs well the president of the european commission jose emmanuel barroso was vague about all the details but what we do know is this there are also offered eleven billion euros over the next couple of years including two point two billion dollars in loans and two billion dollars in grants as well as four billion dollars in new credit from the european investment bank through two thousand and sixteen the deal has to be approved by all members that's one of the points t
ukraine now this was under the condition that ukraine enact austerity measures to reduce its budget deficit and reduce natural gas subsidies but in two thousand and eleven the i.m.f. froze this deal when key have failed to implement the required conditions what's more is the i.m.f. deal isn't ready cash some four billion dollars from the i.m.f. would come over the next several years in the form of loan and development grants while levin billion would come in the form of financing for...
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more good news because we now know that the second promise of the act, that it was going to reduce the deficit, is true as well. c.b.o. tells us that from the ten-year period covering the enactment of the law to a decade later, we're going to save about $1.2 trillion beyond what we additionally estimated. current trajectories we are going to be $250 billion under c.b.o.'s initial estimate for federal health care expenditures on an annual basis. that's big savings to the taxpayers, and when you combine that with the millions of americans who have coverage, you can see how the affordable care act is working. now, there is still work to do, and there are going to be debates on the floor of the senate about ways in which we could change and fix the affordable care act. we're reordering 1/6 of the american economy. there is no doubt going to be bumps along the road and no doubt going to be places where we can find bipartisan agreement on how we can fix the act, make it work even better. but the answer from our republican colleagues has been pretty simple so far. it has been to simply repeal the law
more good news because we now know that the second promise of the act, that it was going to reduce the deficit, is true as well. c.b.o. tells us that from the ten-year period covering the enactment of the law to a decade later, we're going to save about $1.2 trillion beyond what we additionally estimated. current trajectories we are going to be $250 billion under c.b.o.'s initial estimate for federal health care expenditures on an annual basis. that's big savings to the taxpayers, and when you...
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certainly in modern times, and had a surplus when he finished his presidency that was turned into a record deficit by the republican president that succeeded him, so we are looking forward to having surrogates like president clinton and others stump for our candidates all across the country, and this week at the dnc meeting, we're going to be making sure that we can continue to focus on continuing our progress and helping to add value to elect democrats up and down the ballot. >> yeah. it is an interesting balance, as i mention, president clinton doing the stumping, hillary clinton doing a foreign policy event, she is down in florida today. these are not midterm stumping events. they've found a division of labor within the family for now. dnc chair debbie wasserman shultz, thanks for your time today. >> thanks, ari. >>> coming up, two years ago tonight, a story we all remember, trayvon martin was shot and killed. a tragedy that sparked a national conversation. we're going to talk about that case and the implications that continue to shape a lot of policy discussions. >>> but first, before we get t
certainly in modern times, and had a surplus when he finished his presidency that was turned into a record deficit by the republican president that succeeded him, so we are looking forward to having surrogates like president clinton and others stump for our candidates all across the country, and this week at the dnc meeting, we're going to be making sure that we can continue to focus on continuing our progress and helping to add value to elect democrats up and down the ballot. >> yeah. it...
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's slash toidents deficit has been mitigated. on the front page of "the washington post," the republican response. the budget from the republicans will focus on welfare reform. a 204yan will publish page critique, questioning the efficacy of dozens of initiatives and underscoring where republicans say consolidation or spending reductions are needed. democrats line. caller: my name is patrick. i want to talk about the guy that just called talking about the revolt that he wants people to revolt in america. this guy is sitting on his high somewhere,e suburbs eating snickers bars. we are not going to go there. ukraine is a part of russia. it has been a part of russia for the last couple hundred years. we all know that. america, the european union, they have no business in the affairs of russia and ukraine. america needs to clean up its own house before you can go overseas. those folks are fighting for independence. host: that as a last call. we continue on with our discretion about ukraine. josh rogin will join us. later on, how smal
's slash toidents deficit has been mitigated. on the front page of "the washington post," the republican response. the budget from the republicans will focus on welfare reform. a 204yan will publish page critique, questioning the efficacy of dozens of initiatives and underscoring where republicans say consolidation or spending reductions are needed. democrats line. caller: my name is patrick. i want to talk about the guy that just called talking about the revolt that he wants people...
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there's a projected deficit of $142 million over the next five years. a rate hike schedule the toll is going to jump, and by 2017 it will be up to $7:# and then it will cost $8 to cost the golden gate bridge. mary curry is retiring. she's had the job 22 years. she plans to retire in april. she's going to do consulting work and will spend time with her parents and travel. she plans to keep a close eye on the bridge and any future changes. >>> more on protecting bicyclists. they want to raise the fine from $95 to $1,000. it would lead to fewer crashes. most crashes are accidental, so, they don't think it would change anything. >>> she could see russia from alaska. they're predicting the turmoil between russia and its neighbor. >>> she was determined to get to hawaii, one woman's multiple attempts to stowaway and new questions about security at sfo. >> let's take you outside, there is a look at the approach of are the richmond san rainfall bridge. roads are still wet. the cards coming at the screen, no problems to report in that area. it's a good morning t
there's a projected deficit of $142 million over the next five years. a rate hike schedule the toll is going to jump, and by 2017 it will be up to $7:# and then it will cost $8 to cost the golden gate bridge. mary curry is retiring. she's had the job 22 years. she plans to retire in april. she's going to do consulting work and will spend time with her parents and travel. she plans to keep a close eye on the bridge and any future changes. >>> more on protecting bicyclists. they want to...